Biological Diversity and the Environment

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life. It tells us that for every human being there is a diversity of existences, that the single existence is itself an illusion in part, that these many existences signify something, tend to something, fulfill something; it promises us meaning, harmony, and even justice.

Because of our polyglot background, we have had all the strength in the world.

Well, I could be wrong, but I believe diversity is an old, old wooden ship that was used during the Civil War era.